editorNPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94Lulu Garcia-Navarro is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday . She is infamous in the IT department of NPR for losing laptops to bullets, hurricanes, and bomb blasts. Before joining the Sunday morning team, she served an NPR correspondent based in Brazil, Israel, Mexico, and Iraq. She was one of the first reporters to enter Libya after the 2011 Arab Spring uprising began and spent months painting a deep and vivid portrait of a country at war. Often at great personal risk, Garcia-Navarro captured history in the making with stunning insight, courage, and humanity. For her work covering the Arab Spring, Garcia-Navarro was awarded a 2011 George Foster Peabody Award, a Lowell Thomas Award from the Overseas Press Club, an Edward R. Murrow Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Alliance for Women and the Media's Gracie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement. She contributed to NPR News reporting on Iraq, which was recognized with a 2005 Peabody Award and a 2007 AlfredNPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94Lourdes Garcia-NavarroSun, 04 Feb 2018 15:14:43 +0000Lourdes Garcia-Navarrohttp://kanw.com
In the summer of 1967, Linda Walker was at Girl Scout camp in North Carolina when a lightning bolt struck her. She says she was in a tent with three other girls when they all ran out after the crackle and boom. Walker was on the floor, unresponsive. "But as Girl Scouts you always keep up with your buddy — you never lose track of your buddy," Walker says. "And my buddy walked out, ran out of the tent without me, but realized I wasn't with her and came back. Had she not done that, I wouldn't be here today ... because she saved my life." After Walker's buddy returned and couldn't wake her up, she rushed to find a counselor, who administered artificial respiration — at that point Walker says she was "clinically dead" — and she was rushed to the hospital. "My life as a mother, a teacher, a grandmother — all are attributed to her coming back and getting me," Walker says. But Walker didn't remember who her buddy was. Walker and her family had recently moved to Murphy, N.C., and it was her50 Years After She Was Struck By Lightning, Reconnecting With The Girl Who Saved Herhttp://kanw.com/post/50-years-after-she-was-struck-lightning-reconnecting-girl-who-saved-her
99360 as http://kanw.comSun, 04 Feb 2018 13:09:00 +000050 Years After She Was Struck By Lightning, Reconnecting With The Girl Who Saved HerLourdes Garcia-NavarroThis past week, a FedEx employee from Germantown, Tenn., made a massive discovery — and it wasn't in any packages. John Pace found the largest prime number known to humankind. And that number goes on to more than 23 million digits. "So it's longer than anybody really wants to sit down and hear," he says. If you're not great at math, here's a primer: Prime numbers can only be divided by 1 and themselves. Pace found his prime as part of an online collective called the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search , or GIMPS. Pace and thousands of volunteers ran software on their personal computers crunching numbers day-in and day-out. Anyone can participate, you just need a computer, an internet connection and a lot of patience. Pace began his prime hunt 14 years ago. "There was a $100,000 prize attached to finding the first prime that had a 10 million digit result, and I was like, 'Well you know, I've got as much chance as anybody else,' " he says. Pace's prime holds the title for the largest,A Tenn. Man Recently Discovered The Largest Prime Number Known To Humankindhttp://kanw.com/post/tenn-man-recently-discovered-largest-prime-number-known-humankind
98141 as http://kanw.comSun, 07 Jan 2018 19:40:00 +0000A Tenn. Man Recently Discovered The Largest Prime Number Known To HumankindLourdes Garcia-NavarroEditor's note on Jan. 18: This story should have noted that artnet News was the first to report that the High Museum's proportion of nonwhite visitors has grown to 45 percent and now is close to the percentage of people of color who live in the Atlanta metropolitan area. That news site's report about the museum's "valuable case study" concerning how to diversify audiences is online here . American museums — their boards, their staffs, the people who visit them — are far more white than the American population as a whole. It's a problem that can affect museums' bottom lines, but it also seems to be in direct contradiction with many of these institutions' missions to spread knowledge and wonder far and wide. The High Museum of Art in Atlanta is emerging as an exception. The general arts museum, which has been around for more than 75 years, has seen the proportion of nonwhite visitors triple to 45 percent in recent years. That's close to the percentage of people of color in the AtlantaHow An Art Museum Is Reaching A More Diverse Audience http://kanw.com/post/how-art-museum-reaching-more-diverse-audience
98128 as http://kanw.comSun, 07 Jan 2018 11:14:00 +0000How An Art Museum Is Reaching A More Diverse Audience Lourdes Garcia-NavarroJust off a Houston freeway, in a strip mall with an Indian tailor and South Asian grocery store, is a small restaurant with an out-size reputation. It's called Himalaya and its chef and owner is a Houston institution. Chef Kaiser Lashkari is a large man with a bushy salt-and-pepper mustache. He's constantly in motion — greeting clients, inspecting steaming dishes carried by busy waiters, calling out to his wife overseeing the kitchen. He offers us food before we've even sat down. "Let's feed you first, that's what we are all about, to put a smile on your face with good food," he says. That food has made this humble eatery among the best restaurants in the city, topping the lists of every Houston publication and more recently, after a visit from Anthony Bourdain in 2016, the country. Creamy chai is set on the table then vegetable fritters, and spicy samosas. "Just grab it Indian style with your hands," Lashkari advises. "No formalities. All fat-free, sugar-free, cholesterol-free andA Visit To Houston's Himalaya: Pakistani And Indian Food With Deep Texas Rootshttp://kanw.com/post/visit-houstons-himalaya-pakistani-and-indian-food-deep-texas-roots
97060 as http://kanw.comSun, 10 Dec 2017 12:46:00 +0000A Visit To Houston's Himalaya: Pakistani And Indian Food With Deep Texas RootsLourdes Garcia-NavarroIn a new hour-long special, "Sexual Harassment: A Moment of Reckoning," Weekend Edition Sunday host Lulu Garcia-Navarro takes a deep dive into a national conversation that is growing louder by the day. It's a conversation that has been fed by scandals that have implicated powerful people from the entertainment industry to the media — including NPR — raising the possibility that we're seeing the beginning of a cultural shift. Part 1: The floodgates have opened. Why now? NPR correspondent Elizabeth Blair explores that question when she reaches back to another pivotal moment, when Anita Hill testified before a Senate committee in 1991 about her own workplace harassment. Part 2: It's a men's issue. Men weigh in. Wade Hankin , a 25-year-old man from Seattle, launched a partner hashtag to #metoo — #ihave — in a post in which he admitted his own inappropriate actions involving women and encouraged other men to do so as well. Radio journalist Mary Beth Kirchner profiles Jackson Katz , anSexual Harassment: Have We Reached A Cultural Turning Point?http://kanw.com/post/special-report-cultural-turning-point-sexual-harassment
96194 as http://kanw.comSun, 19 Nov 2017 16:12:00 +0000Sexual Harassment: Have We Reached A Cultural Turning Point?Lourdes Garcia-NavarroYou scroll through your friend's Instagram feed and see the most beautiful setting, and think: "I want to go there." And so you do. According to travel photographer Brent Knepper, you are part of the problem. In The Outline's article " Instagram is Loving Nature to Death ," Knepper says that thanks to the photo sharing app, some of the best-kept secrets of the natural world are drawing big crowds and literally altering the landscape. Knepper tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about some of the idyllic locations that are seemingly being ruined because of exposure on Instagram. Interview Highlights On Horseshoe Bend in northern Arizona Horseshoe Bend is this beautiful spot 7 miles up the Colorado River from the Grand Canyon. It's in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and the bend is very unique as far as waterway travels down there. It makes a complete 180-degree turn in a canyon 1,000 feet deep. From the viewing point at the top, you get this amazing view of this horseshoe shape,Instagram Crowds May Be Ruining Naturehttp://kanw.com/post/instagram-crowds-may-be-ruining-nature
95911 as http://kanw.comSun, 12 Nov 2017 12:52:00 +0000Instagram Crowds May Be Ruining NatureLourdes Garcia-NavarroRight after the U.S. election last year, Mike Tippett saw an opportunity. He'd been talking to his friends in Silicon Valley and they were nervous about the newly elected president's attitude toward immigration. "Many of the start-ups and technology companies in the States and across the globe are made up of people who are not necessarily from that country," Tippett says. Almost half of all American start-ups were actually founded by immigrants. When Donald Trump took office, American tech companies worried that getting international employees work visas in the U.S. would get a lot harder. But Tippett had a solution to offer them: move to Vancouver. Vancouver's tech industry has been growing for years now, with companies like Amazon, Slack, Microsoft and SAP all with large headquarters there. It's a quick flight from San Francisco, and a two-hour drive from Seattle. It's in the same time zone with the same language. Labor is also cheaper. Tippett predicted there would be a surge ofCanada's 'Welcome' To Immigrants Has Some Unintended Consequenceshttp://kanw.com/post/canadas-balancing-act-immigration
95325 as http://kanw.comSun, 29 Oct 2017 12:07:00 +0000Canada's 'Welcome' To Immigrants Has Some Unintended ConsequencesLourdes Garcia-NavarroLike many Americans, Chris Michel woke up Monday morning to the horrific news of the massacre in Las Vegas, which left 58 people dead as well as the shooter Stephen Paddock and nearly 500 injured. Michel, who owns Dixie GunWorx, tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that he remembers Paddock coming into his store on three occasions earlier this year. Michel says he spends a lot of time talking with his customers, so he can screen them. To him, Paddock didn't seem suspicious or off in any way. So Michel sold him a gun. Authorities have identified 47 firearms owned by Paddock — and one of them, a shotgun, was sold to him by Michel. Now in the aftermath of the mass shooting, Michel is doing some soul-searching. He discusses with Lulu all that has been going through his mind since he heard the identity of the shooter. Interview Highlights On what questions he has been asking himself The biggest thing ... for me, specifically because I was the one that ended up doing the final sale to him is: DidSalesman Who Sold A Shotgun To Las Vegas Shooter: 'Could I Have Stopped This? No'http://kanw.com/post/salesman-who-sold-gun-las-vegas-shooter-could-i-have-stopped-no
94113 as http://kanw.comSun, 08 Oct 2017 10:21:00 +0000Salesman Who Sold A Shotgun To Las Vegas Shooter: 'Could I Have Stopped This? No'Lourdes Garcia-NavarroCopyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: While much of the U.S. mainland that was in Hurricane Irma's path escaped relatively unscathed, many islands in the Caribbean were not so lucky. Elizabeth Smith (ph) is in the U.S. Virgin Islands on the island of St. Croix. She's in graduate school for marine and environmental sciences. Some of her friends' homes on the hard-hit island of St. Thomas sustained critical damage - lost their roofs, flooded. ELIZABETH SMITH: These houses are concrete houses with steel reinforcements. These are not wooden houses or anything like that. These are houses built for hurricanes with hurricane shutters. MARTIN: She told us on Skype that she's been helping in any way that she can. SMITH: I've been trying to secure ferries and find leaving boats between the islands to try and get my friends here. I've set up my spare room in my house trying to house as many people and pets as possible. MARTIN: Downed trees and power lines have been the bigMiami Region Cleans Up After Hurricane Irmahttp://kanw.com/post/miami-cleans-after-hurricane-irma
93125 as http://kanw.comTue, 12 Sep 2017 09:05:00 +0000Miami Region Cleans Up After Hurricane IrmaLourdes Garcia-NavarroCopyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Some Florida Residents Evacuate Before Irma Comes Callinghttp://kanw.com/post/some-florida-residents-evacuate-irma-comes-calling
92998 as http://kanw.comFri, 08 Sep 2017 12:25:00 +0000Some Florida Residents Evacuate Before Irma Comes CallingLourdes Garcia-Navarro'Dirt Is Good': Why Kids Need Exposure To Germshttp://kanw.com/post/dirt-good-why-kids-need-exposure-germs
90654 as http://kanw.comSun, 16 Jul 2017 09:00:00 +0000'Dirt Is Good': Why Kids Need Exposure To GermsLourdes Garcia-NavarroAlan Alda's father wanted him to become a doctor, but it wasn't meant to be. "I failed chemistry really disastrously ... " Alda says. "I really didn't want to be a doctor; I wanted to be a writer and an actor." Which is exactly what happened, but Alda didn't leave science behind entirely. His new book, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?, is all about communication — and miscommunication — between scientists and civilians. "People are dying because we can't communicate in ways that allow us to understand one another," he writes. "It sounds like an exaggeration, but I don't think it is. When patients can't relate to their doctors and don't follow their orders, when engineers can't convince a town that the dam could break, when a parent can't win the trust of a child to warn her off a lethal drug. They can all be headed for a serious ending." Alda explains why empathy is crucial to successful science conversations, and describes his work at the Alan Alda Center ForAlan Alda's Experiment: Helping Scientists Learn To Talk To The Rest Of Ushttp://kanw.com/post/alan-aldas-experiment-helping-scientists-learn-talk-rest-us
88818 as http://kanw.comSun, 04 Jun 2017 12:11:00 +0000Alan Alda's Experiment: Helping Scientists Learn To Talk To The Rest Of UsLourdes Garcia-NavarroUndergoing treatment for cancer is hard enough by itself. And for many cancer patients who spend most of their time in a hospital, it gets even harder with the loss of basic comforts. The hospital's sterile environment, the fluorescent lights and the disposable gowns do little to make medical treatment more bearable. Nikla Lancksweert, wanted to do a little something to help with that dehumanizing experience, focusing on an alternative for those uncomfortable hospital gowns. Lancksweert is co-founder of INGA Wellbeing , which creates fashion-conscious clothing for patients. The 41-year-old entrepreneur who's originally from the U.K, lived in Philadelphia for several years before moving to Brussels, Belgium, where she's now based. She named the clothing line, INGA, in honor of her mom, who was diagnosed of ovarian cancer at the age of 52 and then underwent three years of intense medical treatment. "During this time she often had to put on a hospital gown or sit in her underwear to beTrendy Hospital Clothing To Make Cancer Patients Dress 'Well' Even When Unwellhttp://kanw.com/post/trendy-hospital-clothing-make-cancer-patients-dress-well-even-when-unwell
85680 as http://kanw.comSun, 26 Mar 2017 12:14:00 +0000Trendy Hospital Clothing To Make Cancer Patients Dress 'Well' Even When UnwellLourdes Garcia-NavarroThis past November was a wake-up call for the Democratic Party. Many Democratic women, in particular, are feeling a strong need to answer that call. Less than a quarter of elected positions are filled by women in the U.S. There are many reasons for that, but Democratic activist Diane Fink says women are often discouraged somewhere along the way. She runs Emerge Maryland , a group that helps Democratic women run for office. "What we've learned is that the women, their ambition is crushed by somebody in their life. Oftentimes they'll say, 'I mentioned this to my family and they just laughed,' or, 'I went to a community leader or party leader and they told me, 'Well, no, that probably isn't for you.' " Democrats are now figuring out how to rebuild their party — and capitalize on the energy in progressive circles, shown in demonstrations like the Women's March , where millions of women took to the streets the day after the inauguration. In Maryland, Fink says, her group's aim is to have atMaryland Democrats Aim To 'Build The Pipeline' For Women In Officehttp://kanw.com/post/maryland-democrats-aim-build-pipeline-women-office
85358 as http://kanw.comSun, 19 Mar 2017 10:43:00 +0000Maryland Democrats Aim To 'Build The Pipeline' For Women In OfficeLourdes Garcia-NavarroAlong a barren dirt road, Border Patrol agents spot a mother and son, carrying nothing as they walk along the river's edge. The sun beats down on them as the patrol car pulls up. "Where are you from?" Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Marlene Castro asks the mother. "How much did you pay to get here?" Recent statistics from the Department of Homeland Security show "an unprecedented decline " in the numbers of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. It announced a 40 percent drop from January to February, and credited the Trump administration's tough actions on immigration as the cause. But in this corner of south Texas, every day still sees migrants trying to make it to the United States. Celia, the mother, says she's from El Salvador. (We are not using her last name, at her request, because she fears for her safety.) On this part of the border, the majority of those trying to cross illegally are from Central America. Celia says she fled her country to protect her 17-year-oldOn Both Sides Of The Mexican Border, Fear Grows For U.S.-Bound Migrantshttp://kanw.com/post/both-sides-mexican-border-fear-grows-us-bound-migrants
85029 as http://kanw.comSun, 12 Mar 2017 12:14:00 +0000On Both Sides Of The Mexican Border, Fear Grows For U.S.-Bound MigrantsLourdes Garcia-NavarroCopyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The journalist Nat Hentoff has died at the age of 91. He was an author, a columnist and a noted jazz critic. Hentoff wrote for The Village Voice for 50 years until he was laid off in 2009. Our colleague Ari Shapiro spoke to him then and asked him if there was a song he'd like to end the conversation on that described his career or a personal favorite. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) NAT HENTOFF: One of Duke Ellington's songs, "Things Ain't What They Used To Be." And that is, of course, continually what we are confronted with as journalists, as readers, as citizens. But the other part of that is the roots of jazz go way back to black gospel and all the songs and the field hollers in slavery time. So while things ain't what they used to be, if you're a good reporter, you got to remember what the roots of everything is that you write about 'cause it keeps coming back. GARCIA-NAVARRO: Journalist Nat Hentoff who diedIconic Journalist, Jazz Critic Nat Hentoff Dies At Age 91http://kanw.com/post/iconic-journalist-jazz-critic-nat-hentoff-dies-age-91
82284 as http://kanw.comSun, 08 Jan 2017 13:35:00 +0000Iconic Journalist, Jazz Critic Nat Hentoff Dies At Age 91Lourdes Garcia-NavarroCopyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Now a different look at sports from the moment it leaves the field and how it influences our culture. This week... (SOUNDBITE OF NEWS MONTAGE) UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #1: A controversy over the University of Minnesota football team. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #2: The players for the Minnesota football team may boycott their bowl game. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #3: The University of Minnesota has fired Gopher football Coach Tracy Claeys following a sexual assault investigation into some of his players. GARCIA-NAVARRO: This week, we are taking a look at a sexual assault case in Minnesota that's been weighing on the university football program there. To talk more about the complexity of cases like these, we're joined by Washington Post sportswriter Sally Jenkins. Thanks so much for joining us. SALLY JENKINS: My pleasure. GARCIA-NAVARRO: First, let's start. Talk us through what happened with the Gophers. JENKINS: So what happenedSexual Assault Case Weighs On University Of Minnesota Football Teamhttp://kanw.com/post/sexual-assault-case-weighs-university-minnesota-football-team
82287 as http://kanw.comSun, 08 Jan 2017 13:35:00 +0000Sexual Assault Case Weighs On University Of Minnesota Football TeamLourdes Garcia-NavarroCopyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: A new session of Congress got underway this past week. And among the freshmen members settling into their offices was Adriano Espaillat. He represents New York's 13th Congressional District, which includes Harlem and parts of the Bronx. Mr. Espaillat who, by the way, broke into the merengue after his swearing-in is the first ever Dominican-American elected to either the House or the Senate. He's also the first to have immigrated to this country illegally as a child. Elsewhere in the show, we will be talking to a freshman Republican. Congressman Espaillat joins us on the line from his office on Capitol Hill. Welcome to the program, Congressman. ADRIANO ESPAILLAT: Thank you, Lourdes. Thank you for having me on your program. GARCIA-NAVARRO: So let's start. You will be dealing with a Republican Congress. This week has been very tumultuous already. What is the plan moving forward - resistance, compromise? ESPAILLAT: Well,New York Congressman Hopes To Use His Immigrant Experience To Influence Lawmakershttp://kanw.com/post/new-york-congressman-hopes-use-his-immigrant-experience-influence-lawmakers
82288 as http://kanw.comSun, 08 Jan 2017 13:35:00 +0000New York Congressman Hopes To Use His Immigrant Experience To Influence LawmakersLourdes Garcia-NavarroCopyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now to a challenge in science - new research suggests some studies aren't getting the attention they deserve. A team at the University of Cambridge released a study last week highlighting all the science that is getting published in languages other than English. That's important because with English as the dominant language of science, research in Swedish or Vietnamese, for example, can get overlooked. Michael Gordin of Princeton University has studied the language of science. He told us that until the early 20th century, scientific writing was evenly split between English, French and German. MICHAEL GORDIN: But in the wake of World War I, a wave of anti-German language actions took place in the U.S. About half the states in the union criminalized German in that you couldn't teach it in schools, you couldn't publish newspapers in it, etc. Those laws are overturned by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional in 1923,How English Came To Be The Dominant Language In Science Publicationshttp://kanw.com/post/how-english-came-be-dominant-language-science-publications
82289 as http://kanw.comSun, 08 Jan 2017 13:35:00 +0000How English Came To Be The Dominant Language In Science PublicationsLourdes Garcia-NavarroCopyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit (SOUNDBITE OF SPEEDOMETER SONG, "RUBBERNECK") LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Every now and then, we like to pull back the curtain and tell you how the show is made. So here's how it goes. Each Wednesday, we have an editorial meeting when our producers and editors pitch story ideas for the show. The ones we like get turned into the pieces that you hear. And the ones that we don't like, well... (SOUNDBITE OF POWERING DOWN SOUND EFFECT) GARCIA-NAVARRO: Those just die. But - and there is a but - sometimes the ones that don't make the show are the ones we actually really like because, you know, they're odd or they're amusing or the person who pitched it really, really sold it well. Or they're just so bad that they're good. And that's where we are today. So in our randomly reoccurring series of Dead Pitches, we're joined by our producer Olly Dearden. Hey, Olly. OLIVER DEARDEN, BYLINE: Hello there. GARCIA-NAVARRO: So tell everyone what your pitch was.Dead Pitches: The Curse Of The Christmas Tree Bugshttp://kanw.com/post/dead-pitches-curse-christmas-tree-bugs
82291 as http://kanw.comSun, 08 Jan 2017 13:35:00 +0000Dead Pitches: The Curse Of The Christmas Tree Bugs